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Christopher Lu is a B.S. student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley with a 4.0 GPA. He has worked at Covariant.ai on machine learning research for robotics and at Berkeley AI Research applying deep learning techniques. His experience also includes internships at Unity3D, Salk Institute, and UCSD. He is published in NeurIPS and has won several hackathons and awards for his work.

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Christopher Lu is a B.S. student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley with a 4.0 GPA. He has worked at Covariant.ai on machine learning research for robotics and at Berkeley AI Research applying deep learning techniques. His experience also includes internships at Unity3D, Salk Institute, and UCSD. He is published in NeurIPS and has won several hackathons and awards for his work.

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Christopher Lu

[email protected] chris-lu.weebly.com (858) 205-8236

EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley August 2016-March 2019
B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Major GPA: 4.0
Courses: Data Structures (CS61B), Designing Information Devices and Systems (EE16A, EE16B), Discrete
Mathematics and Probability Theory (CS70), Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (CS61A), Efficient
Algorithms and Intractable Problems (CS170), Artificial Intelligence (CS188), Machine Learning (CS189)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
COVARIANT.AI March 2019-Present
Machine Learning Research
• Designed, trained and tuned a variety of Convolutional Neural Network architectures for robotics
• Encrypted and secured model weights and code for safe deployments
• Worked on infrastructure for training on large clusters

BERKELEY AI RESEARCH September 2017-Present


Undergraduate Research
• Applied a scattering transform to early layers of Convolutional Neural Networks to increase their
interpretability in Professor Bin Yu’s lab
• Demonstrated complex emergent properties of multi-agent systems with deep reinforcement
learning in Professor Alyosha Efros’s lab

UNITY3D May 2017-August 2017


Labs AI Intern
• Implemented state-of-the-art hierarchical deep reinforcement learning algorithms with neural
networks to teach an agent to play complex games
• Worked on testing and developing Unity Machine Learning Agents, a Unity API for reinforcement
learning researchers and game developers

SALK INSTITUTE June 2014-August 2014


LSSI Summer Paid Intern June 2015-August 2015
• Manually reconstructed 3D models of neurons from image slices
• Independently wrote a program in MATLAB and OpenCV (C++) to do the same task to
increase lab efficiency and create a new tool for neuroscientists
• Won Popular Mechanics 2015 Next Generation Breakthrough Award with the program

HAMILTON COLLEGE CONSULTING June 2014-October 2014


Database Manager and Developer June 2016-August 2016
• Managed test-scoring software and wrote scripts for statistical analysis on student scores
• Led a team of student workers to help scan and print scores efficiently
• Created a website for students to practice vocabulary (used PHP and JavaScript)

UCSD DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY June 2013-August 2013


Summer Intern
• Emailed Prof. Neal Devaraj with a new approach to synthetic ribosome creation; was invited to
work on it in his lab
• Used wet lab skills such as pipetting and sterilization
• Worked closely with professors to order necessary materials and bacteria for the approach

RESEARCH
Deepak Pathak*, Chris Lu*, Trevor Darrell, Phillip Isola, Alexei A. Efros. Learning to Control Self-
Assembling Morphologies: A Study of Generalization via Modularity
*equal contribution
• Spotlight Presentation at Neurips 2019 (Top 3% of submitted papers)
• Winner of the Virtual Creatures Competition at GECCO 2019
ACTIVITIES
Machine Learning At Berkeley August 2016-Present
• Worked on a research project first semester to explore ways to apply LSTM’s to time series data
• Officer of Resources second semester. Maintained the club’s hardware and servers
• Project Manager second and third semester on an industry project with Unity. Led a group of
students and used state-of-the-art hierarchical deep reinforcement learning algorithms to teach
an agent complex games
• Gave series of public lectures teaching recent advancements in reinforcement learning.

Hackathons August 2016-Present


• Won HackJam 2016 with a project to control one’s mouse with image recognition using a webcam
• Won Best Hardware, Best Use of 3D Printers, and a 1517 Fund Grant at Cal Hack 3.0 with Take a
Picasso! It involved taking a user’s picture and using motors and a pen to draw a portrait
• Volunteer mentor at Cubstart and CalHacks 6.0

Journal of Youths in Science August 2012-June 2016


• Journal of Youths in Science is an international student-run science magazine with hundreds of
members; I was the president of the club from August 2015-June 2016
• Coordinated fundraising and outreach as president; expanded the club to several more high
schools and secured funding from grants

Local Robotics and Computer Science August 2012-June 2016


• Was President of Torrey Pines High School’s Botball Robotics club and American Computer
Science League (ACSL) club
• Taught students robotics and programming concepts as president of ACSL
• Organized and coordinated software, hardware, and documentation teams for Botball Robotics
• Secured funding and recruited members for both clubs

Doge Charity Miner August 2014-March 2015


• Created a website that would mine cryptocurrency (dogecoin) through a user’s browser for
charity. People can mine for charity by just keeping the browser window open.
• Added a small webgame (similar to cookie clicker) to encourage users to keep the window open.

AWARDS
Center for Science of Information Channel Scholar January 2018
UC Berkeley Regents and Chancellor’s Scholar March 2016
National Merit Scholarship Winner May 2016
Next Generation Breakthrough Award – Popular Mechanics October 2015
Google Science Fair Regional Finalist July 2015
Sigma Xi Professional Society Award March 2015
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium 2nd Place March 2015
1st Place (3 Years) – Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair 2012, 2013, 2014
Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award March 2014
San Diego Supercomputer Center Professional Society Award (2 years) 2013, 2014
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Professional Society Award March 2014
Marine Technology Society Professional Society Award March 2014
Society of American Military Engineers Professional Society Award March 2014
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Award (2 years). 2013, 2014
Accenture Federal Professional Society Award March 2013

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